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New Jersey Estates Cranford NJ, Updated Town & Current School Reports

By Paul F. Stillwaggon Warren NJ

Real Estate Agent with Weichert Realtors

December 28, 2007 02:30 PM

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CRANFORD NEW JERSEY

Known at the turn of the century as the Venice of New Jersey, the Union County Township of Cranford grew up around the meandering Rahway River. In 1720, John Crane of nearby Elizabeth Towne (now Elizabeth) built a grist mill on the north side of a ford in the river and a sawmill on the south side. That mill at Crane's Ford provided grain for Washington's troops during the Revolution. Cranford remained a small village until 1838, when the Elizabethtown & Somerville Railroad made it accessible to New York City.

The railroad and river led to Cranford's development, first as a recreation area and later as a commuter suburb to New York. In 1871 Cranford was incorporated as a township and, within 15 years, about 76 residents were commuting daily to the city. The most important of the many historic buildings in Cranford is the 1740 Williams Droescher Mill, on Lincoln Avenue. Now owned by a messenger sevice and used as an office building, it is the oldest continuoisly operated commercial building in New Jersey. Its cast-iron water turbine is still in place.

General Information
Incorporated: Population: Area: County: Websites: Worship	1871 22,633 5.0 Sq. Mi. Union http://www.cranford.com/ http://www.unioncountynj.org/ Places
School Report Cards
Cranford High (9-12) Hillside Ave (K-8) Orange Ave (3-8) Livingston Ave (3-5) Bookside Place (K-5) Bloomingdale Ave (K-2) Walnut Ave (Pre K-2) Cranford Schools Website
Demographics
Cranford 07016

Cranford is home to Union County College and is about a half hour commute to the city by car, bus or from the Cranford train station.

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